Nope EM is mad because he CAN`T find Yamahas in Canada so he bought a Jackson... But it`s a nice guitar for sure so sooner or later EM you will get your beloved Yamaha...
About Yamaha guitars quality... You get a real piece of art and it`s not as expensive as other brands, lets say Ibanez, Jackson, Esp, etc...
About Cheappy Yamahas... You pay little money and you get a guitar 1000 times better than any ther brand... When i bought my first Yamaha (280U$S at that time) i tried other guitars more or less no the same range of price... The Fenders Squires where more or less 380 U$S Jacksons, Ibanez on the same price or more, etc...
I finally bought the Yamaha... Because it was way better than the others of course i didn`t compare it with a US Fender or Jackson Soloist... But for example the fretwork in ALL Yamaha guitars is over the top i saw really poor fretwork on other guitars even more expensive (Ibanez GRG)...
Cheap Yamahas have cheap trems but you can`t expect to have an Original Floyd Rose on a 280 U$S guitar when the floyd is like 350 U$S...
But come on in what cheapy guitar you get an awesome trem???
About pickups... Yeah i read here MY JEM is way better than any Yamaha or MY JACKSON sounds 10 times better than any Yamaha...
But you are not thinking about something... For a JEM or a Jacky soloist you pay mucho more money...
In Jems you got as far as i know some Evolution pickups or so... Ejem Di Marzio... And in Jacky solist you get EMG... Now in a Yamaha that comes with stock factory pickup you can`t ask to sound like Di Marzio or EMG pups right?...
Now take a Yamaha like the 420D and put dimarzios and compare with a Jem or a soloist... Just check Mr. Victor Smolski... He has his siggi braun signature guitars but he also plays Yamaha listen to how he sounds... It`s killer...
Now as some of you know last year i got a new Yamaha... 421D model... It`s like the 420 but with a single pup in the middle and a trs pro bridge by Yamaha...
Let me say that it sounds killer i paid only 450 U$S more or less (1440 Pesos)... And it`s much more better than lots of Ibanez Rgs that are more or less 700 to 850 U$S. Yes the double of what a Yamaha costs... The result... Those Ibanez (I tried them) have horrible pickups and a trem that for the love of god don`t you dare to touch it... Don`t even look at it...
Yes my Yamaha pickups are not THE SHIT but for being stock factory pups are great, more than great have alnico magnets (No string pull) = Longer Sustain...
And the Trem works insanely good... Rock solid... The tuners work great and another thing you can adjust the Nut heigh!!! As far as i read Yamaha invented that...
Yamaha has also a great amp. The Yamaha T100... (Made by Soldano) lolol... Muajajajajaaa...
Yamaha Also makes Basses, Acustic guitars, Classical guitars, Pianos, Electric pianos, Synthezisers, Keyboards, Flutes, And tons of winds instruments, Orchestra instruments also, Drums, Studio stuff, etc, etc, etc...
Now Yamaha also makes... Motocross Bikes, Killer Speed bikes, Chopper bikes, Sport ATV, Scooters, snowmobiles... Watercraft stuff... Waverunners and even boats...
And they also made Golfcars lol...
So to finish my speech... Yamaha is the best thing in the world.
"YAMAHA A WAY OF LIFE"